The big scary black man and eleven of his friends, out to rob a little lady at noon on Michigan Avenue. Continue reading »
Category Archives: privilege
White people. Ignore them.
They’re just seeking attention. Dear Prudence, My six-year-old son is the only black child at his school. From all reports, he is sweet, well-mannered and has a great sense of humor. However, over the past two years he has been the target of a number of racist comments by a girl in his class, who … Continue reading »
They took my spot. (But my SAT was only 1180.)
“In 2008, two young women with similar academic records applied to the University of Texas at Austin for spots in the freshman class. One of the women, Abigail Fisher, was rejected. The other, Tedra Jacobs, was accepted. Fisher is white. Jacobs is black.” But that’s not the full story. It never is. Continue reading »
‘There were no concentration camps in America’
The University of North Carolina employs this guy as an adjunct professor of history. And the Star Tribune prints his “article” about how racism didn’t factor into putting people of Japanese descent into concentration camps. Also, they really weren’t concentration camps. Pay no mind to the guard tower. No racism at play here, nosireebob. Continue reading »
dumb as rocks / privilege / psa / should be illegal / wtf
That’ll show them
Do a little research. Get the fucking certificate and the passport. Spend the money. Because your kid deserves the protection that proof of citizenship provides. And because you’re not making a brave stand against the government by refusing to shell out the money. You’re just being stupid and putting your kid at risk. Continue reading »
The diversity project
Yeah, I knew it deep down. But I always hope for different. Continue reading »
‘Missouri judge denies Guatemalan mother custody of her son’
Encarnacion Bail Romero never wanted her son Carlos to be adopted. But after she was detained in an immigration raid, that’s what happened. You can read an article about her ordeal here. And now the court has ruled that the six-year-old should stay with his “adoptive” parents. Bail Romero has not been allowed to see … Continue reading »
pants on fire / privilege / systemic / wtf
The benefit of the doubt
So some university students formed a Towson chapter of the Y0uth for Western C1vilization. They most recently made the news after chalking slogans like “Wh1te Pride” and “Anti-Racist is Code for Ant1-Wh1te” around campus. [Chapter president Matthew] He1mbach, a 20-year-old junior, said the group is only promoting traditional conservative values and is not racist. He … Continue reading »
Life in the cancer ward
I feel a spate of coughing coming on. Continue reading »
Dear whomever
Go away. K thanks bye. Continue reading »
